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King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19)1

M, #2121940, b. 713 BCE, d. 1 Nov 669 BCE
Father*King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings)1

Names and Titles

Variation: Esarhaddon.
Titled: King of Assyria (Esarhaddon).
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) was born 713 BCE.2 He was the son of King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings).1
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) died 1 Nov 669 BCE Harran.2
Israel Under Foreign Rule

Assyrian Empire 722 BC

* King Tiglath Pileser III
* King Shalmanser V (727 BC - 722 BC)
Captures Samaria in 722 BC
* King Sargon II (722 BC - 705 BC)
* King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings) (705 BC - 681 BC)
Move Capital to Nineveh
* Esarhaddon (681 BC - 669 BC)
* an unknown person

Babylonia
* King Nabopolassar (626 BC - 605 BC)
Overthrows Assyrians
* King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (605 BC - 562 BC)
605 BC: Defeats Egyptian Control, Starts Deportations
597 BC: More Deportations
586 BC: Destruction of Jerusalem , Final Deportation
* Amel-Marduk
* Nebonidus
* King Belshazzar of Babylon (Daniel)

Persia
* Darius the Mede (Danial)
* King Cyrus II "the Great" of Persia
* King Darius I (?) (522 BC - 486 BC)
* King Xerxes I (of Persia) (486 BC - 465 BC)
* Artazexex I (465 BC - 424 BC)

Greece Empore
* Alexander the Great (336-323)
336 BC: Rises to Power
332 BC: Captures Palinstine
323 BC: Empire Divides on Death

Egyptian (Ptolemaic) (320 BC - 200 BC)

Syrian (Seleucid)
200 BC: Artichus III Defeats Egyptians
175 BC: Antichus IV Epiphanes

Maccabaeus
166 BC: Judas Maccabaeus Revolts
160 BC: Jonathan

Hasmonean
142 BC: Become Semi-independent of Syrian control

Roman Control
63 BC.

King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) became the father of Šērūʾa-ēṭirat before 685 BCE ?2
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) became the father of King Šamaš-šuma-ukin of Babylon b 685 BCE.2
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) became the father of King Ashurbanipal of Assyria 685 BCE.2
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) became King of Assyria 681 BCE replacing King Sennacherib of Assyria (2 Kings).3
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) was replaced as King of Assyria by King Ashurbanipal of Assyria 669 BCE.2
King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) was replaced as King of Babylon by King Šamaš-šuma-ukin of Babylon 668 BCE.2

References

For more info on King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esarhaddon External Link (Wikipedia.)2

3 Children of King Esarhaddon of Assyria (2 King 19)

Children

Scriptures (References)

Book VerseTitle
Book of Isaiah in the BibleIsaiah 37:21-38Sennacherib’s Fall.
Last Edited14 May 2026

Citations

  1. [S3] International Bible Society, editor, The Holy Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), 2 Kings 19:37. Hereinafter cited as NIV.
  2. [S260] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/
  3. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 King 19:37.